Bio

Gary Latham is the Secretary of State Professor of Organizational Effectiveness. He is a former President of the Canadian Psychological Association (CPA), the Society for Industrial-Organizational Psychology (SIOP), and President of Work and Organizational Psychology, a division of the International Association of Applied Psychology. He is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association, Association for Psychological Science, Academy of Management, CPA, National Academy of Human Resources, SIOP, and the Royal Society of Canada. He is the only recipient of both awards: Distinguished Contributions to Science and to Practice from SIOP.

Academic Positions

1990-Present

Secretary of State Professor of Organizational Behaviour, Rotman School of Management; University of Toronto. Cross appointment in the Graduate Faculty in the Centre for Industrial Relations, the Department of Psychology and the Faculty of Nursing

1983-1990

Ford Motor Research Professor; Business School, University of Washington (Chair of Management Department, 1986-1989)

Non-Academic Positions

2014-Present

President; Work and Organizational Psychology, International Association of Applied Psychology

2010-2014

President Elect; Work and Organizational Psychology, International Association of Applied Psychology

The high performance cycle: Standing the test of time; with Locke, E.A. & Fassina, N.E.; In S. Sonnentag (Ed.), The psychological management of individual performance. A handbook in the psychology of management in organizations. Chichester: Wiley; 2002; Pages: 201-228

Recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Organizational Behavior Division, Academy of Management

2006

Recipient of the Michael R. Losey Human Resource Research Award from the Society for Human Resource Management

2006

Fellow of the International Association of Applied Psychology (First Cohort)

2004

Heneman Award for Career Achievement; Human Resource Research from the Human Resource Division of the Academy of Management

2004

Recipient of the Distinguished Scholar/Practitioner Award from the Academy of Management

2002

Recipient of the Distinguished Scientific Contributions Award from the Society of Industrial/Organizational Psychology of the American Psychological Association; (First person to have received both the award for science and the Distinguished Proessional Contributions Award 1998)

2000

President of the Canadian Psychological Association

1999

President-elect of the Canadian Psychological Association

1998

Recipient of the Distinguished Professional Contributions Award from the Society of Industrial Organizational Psychology of the American Psychological Association

1997

First recipient of the Distinguished Contributions to the Industrial-Organizational Psychology in Canada Award from the Canadian Psychological Association

Listed in Who's Who in the West; Listed in Community Leaders of America, American Biographic Institute

1996

Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada

1992

Fellow of the American Psychological Society

Nov 1991

Visiting Distinguished Scientist; University of Amsterdam

Dec 1989

Visiting Distinguished Scientist; Taiwan

1988

Recipient of 'Outstanding Publication in Organizational Behavior in 1988' from the Academy of Management

1987

Fellow of the Academy of Management

1986-1990

Ford Motor Company Professor of Management and Organization; University of Washington

1985

Recipient of the Burlington Northern Foundation Distinguished Scholar Award; University of Washington

1983

Fellow of the Canadian Psychological Association

1979

Fellow of the American Psychological Association; Fellow of the Society for Industrial-Organizational Psychology

Research and Teaching Interests

Teaches courses in Human Resource Management and Organizational Behaviour. Research includes employee motivation, performance appraisal and training. Currently has a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) grant to investigate priming goal setting in the subconscious.